battle of the bands

Forgiveness Rock Record > The Suburbs.


Folk have been comparing Arcade Fire to the Boss, Bruce Springsteen, which doesn't make sense on a personal level (I like them, I don't like him) but after giving Suburbs a few listens I can see a sort of philosophical resemblance in their shared earnestness and relatively straightforward composition.
Which is slightly disappointing given the grander ambitions that fueled Funeral and which initially drew me to their music.

But with three albums in the books Funeral is clearly the odd man out.

As for Broken Social Scene (who also followed up a transcendent first album with a lackluster second effort), Forgiveness Rock Record is a reiteration of the glory of their first disc rather than an improvement on the flaws of the second.

Suburbs is a fine record with several really excellent songs- Forgiveness is an excellent record with several magical songs.